Record Number of Planned Parenthood Clinics Closing, 32 In 2017

Thousands of babies have been saved this year due to a record number of Planned Parenthood facilities closing their doors for good. Life News is reporting that “for the first time, the number of Planned Parenthood facilities fell below 600.” This year, the abortion giant closed 32 medical facilities in 16 states while opening just five new facilities in other states. In comparison, during the time of Roe v. Wade, there were 700 Planned Parenthood facilities, with a peak of 938 during the 1990s.

The drop in facilities has led to Planned Parenthood’s consumer base shrinking by 23.6 percent and it is estimated that at least 50,000 babies’ lives will be saved in 2018. While a large number of pro-life groups have contributed to the closing of these facilities, pro-lifers are now looking at hopefully making further changes at the federal level.

Congress can do that by ending the taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood and passing legislation that recognizes life at conception. In addition, the Trump Administration has been fighting alongside religious liberty groups to keep taxpayers from funding contraception and other abortion-inducing medication.

The Department of Justice has also officially begun investigating businesses that Project Veritas caught selling the body parts of aborted babies. As a result of the investigation and prosecution of these businesses, the companies were ordered to pay millions of dollars in settlements and were officially banned from doing business.

However, the truth is that no pregnant women were informed that these companies would be selling the aborted baby bodies for profit. These companies then donated to Planned Parenthood in what Daleiden called a “pay-to-slay” scheme of kickbacks. The next step, Daleiden writes, is for all of Planned Parenthood’s affiliates to be held accountable under the law.

Yet even after these prosecutions, pro-lifers still have an uphill battle to fight. Democratic Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton just appointed former Planned Parenthood Vice President Tina Smith to the Senate to take over for the disgraced alleged sex offender Al Franken. And a 15-year-old Students for Life activist was recently attacked for praying in public. But activists like this child should inspire every pro-lifer to keep fighting until every facility is closed and every child has the right to be born.

Record Number of Planned Parenthood Clinics Closing, 32 In 2017 was last modified: December 26th, 2017 by Margaret Marie